704 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART IIL. 
*& 11. C. pepre’ssa Ph. The depressed, or prostrate, Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 332.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 
p. 168. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 
Synonymes. C. pumila, Micha. Fi. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 286,, not Pronus pumila L,; P. Susquehane, 
Willd. Enum., 519., Baumz., ed. 2. p. 286. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches angled, depressed, prostrate. Leaves cumeate- 
lanceolate, sparingly serrate, glabrous, glaucous beneath. Flowers in 
grouped sessile umbels, few in an umbel. Fruit ovate. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 538.) A prostrate shrub, a native of North America, from Canada to 
Virginia, on the sandy shores of rivers and lakes. It spreads its branches 
very much, and does not rise above 1 ft. from the ground. The fruit is 
black, small, and agreeably tasted; and, in America, is called the sand 
cherry. Introduced into Britain in 1805, and distinguished at sight from all 
the other species, not less by its prostrate habit, than by its glaucous leaves, 
which bear some resemblance in shape to those of Amygdalus nana; and, 
according to Sir W. J. Hooker, to those of C. pumila; with whom, judging 
from the plants under these names in the London gardens, we agree in 
thinking the species identical, notwithstanding the different descriptions 
given to the two kinds by botanists. 
x 12. C. pyemm‘a Lois. The pygmy Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. and 21.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonyme. Prinus pygme’a Willd. Sp., 2. p.993., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 231. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-elliptical, but tapered to the base, and rather 
acute at the tip, sharply serrated, glabrous on both surfaces, and with 2 
glands at the base. Flowers of the size of those of P. spindsa, dis- 
posed in sessile umbels, a few in an umbel. Fruit black, of the size of 
a large pea, a little succulent. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 538.) A shrub, about 4 ft. 
or 5ft. high, a native of the western parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia, 
introduced in 1823. It flowers in May, and its fruit is very indifferent. 
# 13. C. nrera Lois. The black Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. No. 22. ; Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1117. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 
1. p. 167.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. Prinus nigra Ait. Hort. Kew,, 2d ed. 3. p.198., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 331.; P. 
americana Darlington in Amer. Lyc. N. H. of New York. y 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.1117.; and our figs. 411, 412. 412 
Spec. Char., §c. ‘Leaf with 2 
glands upon the petiole, and 
~. the disk ovate-acuminate. Flow- 
7/ ers in sessile umbels, few in 
Zf an umbel. Calyx purple; its 
a lobes obtuse, and their margins 
\ glanded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 538.) 
ag | A tall shrub or low tree, a na- 
“~~ tive of Canada, and of the Al- 
1) leghany Mountains ; introduced | 
in 1773. It flowers in April and ie 
May; and its flowers, from the purplish tinge of the anthers, have a very 
pleasing appearance. The fruit, which, as far as we know, has not been pro- 
duced in England, is described by Sir W. J. Hooker as being as large as a 
moderate-sized cherry, and, apparently, red. The leaves, the wood, and 
the general habit of the plant, as seen in the gardens about London, are 
much more those of a plum, than those of a cherry. It forms a very 
handsome small tree, producing its blossoms later than those of the com- 
mon plum, but, like it, before the appearance of the leaves. There are 
plants in the Hammersmith Nursery, and in other gardens near London, 
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w 14, C. HvemMa'Lis Miche. The winter Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p.194.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 
p. 168. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 514. 
Synonymes. P. hyemalis Michz. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284., Push Fl. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 331., Elliot 
Carol., 1. p. 542. ; the black Choke Cherry. 

